Leading up to the presidential election, Donald Trump promised to deport millions of undocumented migrants. With Trump’s election victory, that rhetoric has led to a wave of fear among migrants in Lake County,
Category: Immigration
1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target
Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States.
Donald Trump names Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, as ‘border czar’
President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration.
Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term
Sophia Arshad, a Merrillville attorney who works on immigration cases, said she’s already received a dozen calls or emails from clients worried about the status of their cases following president-elect Donald Trump’s win Tuesday. “It goes beyond nervous, it’s anticipation of what’s to come,” Arshad said. “I have had a lot of already desperate emails and calls from current clients who are just very scared about what may or may not happen.” Jane Hartsock, a founding board member with The Good Trouble Coalition, said her nonbinary child woke up Wednesday morning feeling terrified and crying. As a mother, Hartsock has […]
Latino community in Chicago divided by Trump
In the five wards with the highest rate of Latinos, Trump got from 27% to 41% of the vote in this fall’s election, according to a Tribune analysis of voting and demographic data.
Trump’s return to White House sets stage for far-reaching immigration crackdown
Donald Trump’s victory sets the stage for a swift immigration crackdown after an AP VoteCast survey showed the president-elect’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — issues the Republican has been hammering throughout his campaign.
Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they’re in the US legally. Here’s how it works
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status.
Activists call for more funding for migrant and homelessness services in Chicago’s 2025 budget
Immigrant rights activists urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council at a Thursday news conference to maintain funding for migrant and homelessness services in next year’s budget.
This ‘friendly’ Wisconsin town might be the most divided place in America
Algoma is known in Wisconsin as a sleepy, charming little place, a draw for tourists with its charter fishing trips, antique shops and beachfront boardwalk that is perfect for a lakeside stroll. What is less widely known is its unusually deep political divide.
Migrant families separated under Trump still feel the fallout and they fear his return to office
Sixteen-year-old Billy’s friends at his rural high school in the South don’t know he was one of thousands of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under then-President Donald Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy.